Recently, an armed group of 12 according to various testimonies attacked the Mbalaindé village, in the Touboro subdivision, Mayo-Rey division. During the incursion, the assailants killed a teenager and a young man of 23-year-old. The named Belphah Ernest, 23 succumbed to his injuries at the Touboro District Hospital.
According to the medical staff, the young man would have received more than five shots in the chest. Another young man Gamapah Franco received a bullet in the left leg.
Reached by telephone by Le Jour newspaper, officials of the Gendarmerie of Touboro and the military of the BIM stationed at Touboro confirmed the attack on the village. According to an officer of the Gendarmerie in service at Touboro, this attack is the work of armed gangs from the Central African Republic, who roam the border areas of Cameroon.
According to the officer of the gendarmerie, the attackers were dressed in army fatigues. A few days earlier, an armed band had attacked the neighborhood of the Touboro Catholic mission. It is thanks to Dogari and members of the vigilante committee of this neighborhood that the attack was foiled.
The armed group from the Biriba neighborhood had attempted to abduct two schoolgirls of the 3eme class at the college Jean-Paul 2 of Touboro. The two girls escape thanks to the reckless members of the vigilante committee set up by the Lamido of Rey Bouba, in different neighborhoods and villages in Mayo-Rey division.
Last Sunday, an Armed band was caught by the BRIM elements in the Name-Kandi village in the Ngan Ha subdivision in the Vina. The Brim military stationed in Ngan Ha seized several weapons and ammunition in the hands of the attackers. According to the D.O of Ngan Ha subdivision, it is a vast network of many members.
Information confirmed by Colonel Assoualaye, Commander of the Brim. According to him, people should report any suspicious person in their eyes and give information in real time to defense forces on the ground.